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83 is a track by John Mayer, taken from the album “Room For Squares”, released August 16, 2001 on Aware/Columbia. It runs 4:50. Use the Play button above when a verified stream is available, or choose a listening service from the other options.
Within the album sequence, this recording sits alongside No Such Thing, Why Georgia, My Stupid Mouth. Open the album page to compare the full running order and the listening options available for each song.
Song details
- Song
- 83
- Artist
- John Mayer
- Release
- Room For Squares
- Format
- Album
- Duration
- 4:50
- Release date
- August 16, 2001
- Record label
- Aware/Columbia
- Content notice
- Standard
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Lyrics
Find another songI've these dreams I'm
Walking home
Home when it used to be
And everything is
As it was
Frozen in front of me
Here I stand
6 Feet small
Romanticizing years ago
It's a bitter sweet feeling hearing
"Wrapped Around Your Finger"
On the radio
And these days
I wish I was 6 again
Oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
Oh, if only my life
Was more like 1983
All these things would
Be more like they were
At the start of me
Had it made in 83
Thinking bout my brother Ben
I miss him every day
He looks just like
His brother John
But on an 18 month delay
Here I stand
6 Feet small
And smiling cause
I'm scared as hell
Kind of like my life
Is like a sequel to a movie
Where the actor's names have changed
Oh well
Well these days
I wish I was 6 again
Oh make me a red cape
I wanna be Superman
Oh, if only my life
Was more like 1983
All these things would
Be more like they were at the
Start of me
If my life
Was more like 1983
I'd plot a course to the
Source of the purest
Little part of me
And most my memories
Have escaped me
Or confused themselves with dreams
If heaven's all we want it to be
Send your prayers to me
Care of 1983
You can paint that
House a rainbow of colors
Rip out the floorboards
Replace the shutters but
That's my plastic in the dirt
Whatever happened to my
Whatever happened to my
Whatever happened to my lunchbox
When came the day that it got
Thrown away and don't
You think I should
Have had some say
In that decision
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More from Room For Squares
- 01 No Such Thing 3:51
- 02 Why Georgia 4:28
- 03 My Stupid Mouth 3:44
- 04 Your Body Is a Wonderland 4:08
- 05 Neon 4:22
- 06 City Love 4:00
- 07 3x5 4:49
- 08 Love Song for No One 3:21
- 09 Back to You 4:02
- 10 Great Indoors 3:36
- 11 Not Myself 3:37
- 12 St. Patrick's Day 5:21